Tempojiaky binder



J. s.- LACEY v TEMPORARY BINDER Filed Feb. 13. 1924 May 1-0 1927.

3 Sheets-Shet 1 a L w J x M a. M

May 10, 1927.

J. 5. LACEY TEMPORARY BINDER Filed Feb. 13. 1924 3 Shee.ts-Sheet 2 44 mwtoz q]; 15". Lacy.

May 10, 1927- 5. LACEY TEMPORARY B I NDER Filed Feb. 7 15, 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 J: ,6. Lace- Patented May 10, 1 927.

umrso .STAT-ES PATENT oFF cE. I

JOHN s. LACEY, or COLUMBUS, OHIO.

TEMPORARY BINDER,

A licationared February 13, 1924,; Serial No. 592,608.

:This invention relates to record leaf binders and more. partlcularly to a temporary binder as distinguished:from the ordinary loose-leaf binder or distributer. min the offices of registers of Wills, recorders of deeds, etc., it is customary to employ looseleaf binders of the Well knowntypes which are now upo n the market. From such a binder, a clerk \villaeXtract a leaf, make: a recordmthereon,and replacethe leaf. To accomplish this the bin der mustbe unlocked,

thevarious leaves more or lessdisturbedin, order to remove the leaf required for. use,

and the binder relocked after removal of the leaf, unless, through carelessness, it: is permitted to remain unlocked, in which 1 event further disturbance or disarrangement of the leaves is liable to occur. Afterthe recordvhas vbeen made upon the-deaf, athe Tclerkis' required to again unlock the binder,

a'eplacewthe :leaf inits proper place among the-leaves already present, and then-*relock the binder. All of this consumes considerable time and the? taskf must 'beperformed with ymore: or less care :and skill. The present invention, therefore, hasas its primary object to" provide a temporaryi binder into which may. be placed theleaves which are: contained "Within a loose leaf binder: of

contemplatesv something "which is entirely sep arate and distinct ifrorn any. loose-leaf binder which has heretofore been: dev sed orsis upon the market and in use, andhkewise distinguishes from i a distributer, inasmu'clras'in veachinstance considerable time andx:labor 1s required: in manipulating such devices, whereas in the present instance the I device serves merely asa temporary binder or, in other words, as a storing meansfor takingzcmreof .record leaves as they are being preparedrb n the clerk. Thus. in. itself,;.the device is not a binder inthe ordinarily accepted meaning of the term, but is more properly deemed an intermedlaryby means of which the proper care may be taken of record leaves as they are Written upon and until a volume of such leaves has been accumulated;

Another object of the invention is 'to provicle a-temporary binder inthe -manipulaition or operation of which no especial care on the part. of. a clerk is required in the-removal and! replacement of the reerd-'l'eaves, as in the use of the permanent type of loose-leaf binders now on the. market, thedevice-of the present invention being, aspreviously stated, entirely distinct :from' such devices in that in the use of the present device the leaves are removed, assembled, from an ordina-ryi binder, placed in the'devioeof the in vention, andrecords made upon respective leaves as they are removed from'and -after- -wards replaced hrthe device. Therefore, the present invention contemplates; so constructing one of Ithencoverinem-bers' ofthe device that in replacing leaves, after records luwe been written thereon, .it Wilhbe only necessaryffor the clerk to slip the lzeafdnto place, without any particular attentionuas to adjustment ofthe' leaf, and thenclose or lock the binder, thereby saving timewhich has heretofore been consumed*ineadjusting such 'leaves. r f

Another object of the invention is to provide a temporary binder embodying means for guiding the leavesiinto'proper' position wheirthey are reinserted into the binder after records have F been 'Written thereon, which means maybe adjusted to accommodifferent, sizes. In other "Words,a". aiprinted record. leaf is trimmed;after'printmgpzin accordance with the. p ositiomof the impression upon the leafandfor 'this'reasonitfrequently happens that there'will be; arconsiderable variation in the ;.di-merisions of recordle'aves of .diiferentikinds; and through the :instrumentalit-ies; of the present invention," such leaves, regardless of. :their dimensions, may be: properly. positioned automatically and Withoutany particularattention or, the. part of. theclerk. J

A: further object of the inventionsisi to provide, in a temporary binder of Ethe class described, meanswhereby thewoover members ofwthe' binder may. be held' in" their closed -position scans to maintain theassemblage of leaves in the proper position and prevent them from becoming rumpled or disarranged.

Another object ot the invention is to provide a temporary binder for record leaves which will accommodate leaves from any of the ordinary loose-leaf binders now on the market, so that a temporary binder of: standard size, embodying the principles of the present invention, may be placed upon the market and employed successfully regardless of the particular type of loose-leaf binders in which the permanent records are to be contained, and likewise regardless of the size of the leaves.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the binder that when it is locked, there will be no likelihood of a disarrangcinent of the component elements of the lock ing device which would permit separation of the cover members ot the binder and a disarrangement of the leaves hound therebetween.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a temporary binder embodying the present inventio'n;

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Figure 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows;

Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken substantially on the line 33 of Figure 2 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows;

Figure 4t is a vertical transverse sectional view in detail taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Figure 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows;

Figure 5 is a similar view on the line 55 of Figure 3;

Figure 6 is a detail sectional view of one end of the binder, as shown in Figure 3, illustrating more particularly the locking mechanism of the binder;

Figure 7 is a bottom plan view, with the bottom plate removed. illustrating a modilication of the locking means;

Figure 8 is a detail longitudinal sectional view taken substantially on the line 8-8 of Figure 7 and illustrating the means for holding the shifting bar of the locking mechanism in set position.

The binder embodying the present invention includes a back which is indicated in general by the nun'ieral 1 and which may be of the construction illustrated in the drawings or of any other desired construction. As illustrated, the said back comprises a hollow body member which is preferably formed of sheet metal and comprises a top 2 and sides 8, the member being closed at its rear and front ends respectively by walls 4 and 5. The bottom of the body member is closed by a plate 6 which may be removably secured to the said end walls t and 5 as illustrated in Figure 3, and likewise the top and sides 2 and 3 of the body member of the back may be secured to the said end, walls 4 and .3 so that a hollow substantially rectangular body is provided to support the cover members and the parts associated therewith and to house the locking and separating devices for the said cover members as will presently be more specifically described. In practice, the construction of the back 1. may be modified, of course, in various ways so that what is shown in the drawings is to be taken merely as illustrative ot one embodiment of the invention, so tar as this feature is concerned. In the term of the invention shown in. Figures 1 to 6, inclusive, the top 2 ol the back is provided at its longitudinal ccntral portion with a transversely concave rest portion 7 upon which the inner edges ot thc record leaves are to be disposed in the same manner in which they are arranged in the original binder, it being understood that these record leaves are to be removed, in

their assembled relation, from the original binder as purchased on the market and then placed Within the temporary binder embodying the invention. These leaves are indicated in the drawings by the numeral 8 and the leaves are held in their assembled relation by the usual posts which are indicated by the numeral 9 and which are curved to correspond substantially to the curvature of the concave rest portion 7 of the top 2, the posts fitting through the usual slots or openings 10 which are present in the leaves of the original binder. It will be understood, therefore, that the rest portion 7 is of a width corresponding substantially to the thickness of the assemblage of leaves as taken from the ordinary binder and it will presently be made apparent that when the leaves are placed in their assembled relation with their rear edges resting upon the depressed rest portion '7, and the covers ot the binder are closed, they will be held in substantially the same manner as when perma nently bound.

The cover members of the binder are indicated in general by the numeral 11 and each member is pretcral'ily termed of sheet metal and the members are of countcrmrt construction. Each of, the cover members is of substantially rectangular torm and. of slightly greater marginal dimen ions than the maximum marginal dimensions of the leaves to be disposed within the binder. Each cover member is provided at its lower edge with a longitudinally extending hinge member 12 which is likewise preferably formed oi sheet metal and so formed as to accommodate a pintle rod 13 which extends through a cylindrical portion 14: oi the said member. Cover supporting members 15 are associated with the back 1 and each of these cover supporting members comprises a ill) By reference to Figures 8 and 6 of the drawings it will be evident that when the crank member is inserted through the open ing 33 and its head STis slipped onto the end 34: of the shaft 31, the conical surface of the head will ride beneath the edge 43 of the leaf spring detent 41 thereby elevating the tooth carrying end of the detent out of engagement with the pinion 39 and thereby rendering the detent inactive so long as the said crank member is applied to the end of the shaft. 'lherel'ore, when the crank memher is operated, the shaft may be freely rotated so as to relatively adjust the rack bars 21 and 22 and thereby correspondingly adjust the cover supporting members 15.

Inasmuch as a careles clerk might not properly position the crank handle and might endeavor to rotate the same without the leaf spring (latent i1 being rendered inactive through proper fitting ot' the head 37 to the squared. end 3% of the shaft 31, and thereby cause damage to the elements of the operating device, a retaining device, such, for example, as a wire spring 44 is employed and secured at one end, as at 45, to the inner side of the end wall 5 of the back 1 and is slidably engaged near its other end through an eye 46 upon the said end wall of the back and extends approximately tangential to the opening 33 so that when the crank member is inserted through the opening, the spring 44 will engage behind the inner end of the head 37 which end is rounded, as at 47, to provide a shoulder for this purpose, the engagement of the spring behind the shoulder serving to retain the crank member in proper engagement with the end of the shaft 31. Due to the fact, however, that the shoulder is rounded, the crank member may be readily withdrawn after the binder has been closed. From the foregoing description of this form of the invention it will be evident that by applying the crank 35 and rotating the shaft 31 in one direction, the cover supporting members 15 may be relatively separated so as to permit of the introduction into the binder of the leaves from a looseleaf record binder of any ordinary type, the posts 9 remaining assembled with the leaves. After the leaves have been disposed in their assembled relation upon the concave rest portion 7 of the top of the back of the device, the shaft 31 may then be rotated in the opposite direction so as to shift the cover supporting members toward each other thereby bringing them substantially to the position shown in Figure 5 of the drawings in which position the inner marginal portions of the leaves will be clamped and firmly bound between the adjacent sides of the said cover supporting members with the ends of the posts 9 projecting into the channels 19 of the said cover supporting members.

When the cover supporting members are relatively separated as illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawings, the ends of the posts 9 will be clear of the channels and it is While the members are in this position of adjustment that the leaves may be removed and replaced. In practice, the clerk will manipulate the binder so as to effect the adjustment shown in Figure 2 and will remove the first leaf at the left hand side of the stack of leaves, a nd, if no record leaf has in the meantime been prepared, will again. close the binder. After the clerk has written or typed the removed sheet, he or she will again open the binder in the manner illustrated in the said Figure 2 and will insert the sheet in position at the right hand side of the bank orstack of leaves. In order that all necessity for accurately positioning the sheet at the time of its insertion may be obviated, guides 48 are arranged atthe opposite ends of the cover member at the right hand side of the binder. Each of these leaf guides comprises an attaching wing 49 and an outstanding right-angularly positioned guide wing 50, the member being preferably formed from sheet metal. The cover 11 is formed with longitudinally extending parallel slots 51, and screws 52 are threaded through openings in the attaching wings 49 of the guides i8 and extend likewise through the slots 51 and are adapted to be tightened so as to secure the guides 48 in positions of relative adjustment. It will be evident at this point that the guides may be so adjusted that their guiding wings will be spaced apart a distance equal to the length of the leaves to be housed within the binder, so that upon the introduction of any one leaf into the hinder, the slots 10 in the leaf will be in position to exactly register with the ends of the posts 9 and therefore when the binder is closed, the sheet will be automatically assembled with the ends of the said posts. This arrangement, therefore, provides for immediate and convenient placement of the leaves in the binder and, of course, their removal therefrom can be equally as readily and expeditiously effected. At this point it is to be observd that the device embodying the invention is a temporary binder as distinguished from a permanent loose-leaf record hinder or a distributor. In other words, the device is to be employed in connection with the ordinary loose-leaf rec ord hinders. the leaves in their assembled relation beingren'ioved from the ordinary loose-leaf record binder and the cover of the hinder, or, in other words, the binder itself After the entire number of leaves has been typed or written upon, the assemblage isgthen re moved tro'm the temporary binder and placed -inthe original *binder or cover and permanentlylocked in place so that the assemblage then constitutes a permanent record;

In order thatthe covers l'lof-theibinder may be; held relatively 5 closed when the binder not in use and "like wise in-orderthat' these covers'maybeswung to open position to gain access to the completed or typedleavesoit the binderwhile th'e same is still in" its. incomplete term, means is provided which will now be described.

' The meansreferredto above comprises latchlevers 53 which are mounted one upon each of the covers 11 i by means 0t pivot 54; and the lower -e id pertionpreach latch memberjs deflected laterally and 1 extended alongacurved-li-ne as indicated by the nu meral 55; the lowerextremity oft-he lever-beingbent to provide a-l1ookj56 designed 'to engage overthe outer longitudinal edge of the face of the respective cover supporting an abutment stud 58 ior'engagementagainst thecover-ll to limit the swinging movement of-th'e leverunder the influence ot-the spring 57, it being observed thatthe spring-57 is" located above the pivot 5 L and that the stop lug--58 is located below the said pivot. The lower end 'ot" each lever; engages ma slot 59" formed in the top. 20f the backl ofthe binder and by reference to. Figure 2' and more particularly to thefull line illustration therein, it' will be observed that when the cover members 11am closed, theh'ooked ends 56='o fthe levers 53 will automatically engage with the faces of the coversupporting mem; hers-and thus lock the said covers 11in their closed position. WVhenit is desired to gain access toithe leaves, for thein'ere purpose of 1 reference to records contained thereon, 1 the levers 53 may he manipulated-so as to disengage their" hooked ends from the bases;

o;f{the cover supporting members and the covers may then be swung to open pos tion as illustrated in dotted lines in the said Figure 2, the arcuate lowerendfportions 550ithe levers working through-the slots 59 andextending into the interior of the back 1.-

In the form of the. invention shownin Figuresc'T'andS ofthe drawings the back ofthe binder is indicated in gen-eralby the numeraLGO'and the back is prov ded'with slots 61, in its top, corresponding to the slots 25 or the previously described, "form. In this embodiment of the invention the cover supporting members areindi'catod by the nu.- n'ieral 62 and they are riveted, through the slots 61, toparallel adjustingibars. 63 disposed against the under side of the top of the back, the said bars 63 being carriedby and having connection witlrthe cover sup; porting members in the manner statedfi The n'nmeralG L indicates levers which are" piv otally mounted at a pointmidway between, their ends to the under side of *the top of the back of the device as indicatedby-the numeral 65. 64 is connected to'a collar which; is" indicatedin the drawings b the numeral 56 and is freelyslidable on tie respective rod or bar 63;" To the; opposite ends of the levers Ga -there are-connected links 6'? which links are in-turn pivotally connected-to a slidably mounted actuating-bar; 68* supported in a guide 70 andflikewise in an opening? l in the end wall otthe back of the binder. The bar-68 carriesnpon its under-side near its outer-rend, a shoulder-69,;and a lea-t sprin-g 72; is secured to the saidend-w all of the back andbears upon the handle end 73 Ofthe said bar68 to hold-the bar depressed and with the shoulder GQ engaged behind the saidwall at the lower side of thes aid openmg ('1: The parts,- when in thisposi-tion, will appear as in-Figures 7 and-8;. "W'hen it'isdesiredto relatively separate the coverholdingunembers, the handle end of the bar 68 is slightly elevated and the bar is pulled outwardlythereby effecting a rocking m ovementof the levers ti t-and a relative se'paratlOIl-Ot-tllB bars 63-and the respective cover su orting members;

aving thus described the invention, what" cove1=supp0rting-- members; having opposed channeledsides to freely accommodate the endsof'the said posts, covers supported thereby; and means operable to relatively ad- 'ust the'said member's to position-clainpi-ng the-assemblage and to position spaced; from V the oppositefsides ofthe assemblage andclearing the endsofthe; posts, whereby, in

the latter'instance, to permit of removal or;-

a blank leaf-*ftom one side, orthe assem bflageand the placement-of a written-leaf at theother side of the assemblage.

2. A temporary binder for an assemblage of record leaves w'vhichhave been removed;

with their supportingvpostsyfrom a loose-l leaf b-inder, comprising relatively separable cover-supporting members having opposed open channelcdcsides to "freely accommodate theendsof'the said posts, covers supported-j thereby, means operable 'to relatively adj list the said members to position clamping the assemblage and to position spaced from the opposite sides of the assemblage and clearing the ends of the posts, whereby, in the latter instance, to permit of removal of a blank leaf from one side of the assen'iblage and the placement of a written leaf at the other side of the assemblage, and means associated with the cover at the said other side of the as semblage for guiding into position the inserted leaf when the cover supporting memhere are again adjusted to clamp the assemblage of leaves.

3. A temporary binder for an assemblage of record leaves which have been removed, with their supporting posts, from a looseleaf binder, comprising relatively separable cover-supporting members having opposed open channeled sides to freely accommodate the ends of the posts, covers supported by said members, and means operable to relatively adjust the said members to position clamping the assemblage and to position spaced from the opposite sides of the assemblage and clearing the ends of the posts, whereby, in the latter instance, to permit of removal of a blank leaf from one side of the assemblage and the placement of a written leaf upon the said posts at the other side of the assemblage.

4. A temporary binder for an assemblage of record leaves which have been removed, with their supporting posts, from a looseleaf binder and which leaves are provided with the usual openings to receive said posts, comprising relatively separable cover-sup porting members having opposed open channeled sides to freely accommodate the ends of the posts, covers supported by said members, means operable to relatively adjust the said members to position clamping the assemblage and to position spaced from the opposite sides of the assemblage and with the open sides of the said clamping members clear of the ends of the posts, whereby, in the latter instance, to permit of removal of a blank leaf from one side of the assemblage and the placement of a Written leaf upon the said posts at the other side of the assemblage, and means associated with the cover at the said other side of the assemblage for guiding into position the inserted leaf to locate the openings therein opposite the posts and elfect engagement of the ends of the posts in the said openings when the said cover-sup porting members are adjusted to clamping position.

5. A temporary binder for an assemblage of record leaves which have been removed, with their supporting posts, from a loose leaf binder, comprising relatively separable cover-supporting members having opposed open channaled sides to freely accommodate the ends of the said posts, covers supported thereby, means operable to relatively adjust the said members to position clamping the assemblage and to position spaced from the opposite sides of the assemblage whereby, in the latter instance, to permit of removal of a blank leaf from one side of the assembla 'e and the placement of a written leaf at t e other side of the assemblage, and guides adj'ustably mounted upon the cover at the said other side of the assemblage and constituting means for guiding into proper position with relation to the post ends, the leaf last-mentioned, whereby, when the cover-supporting members are adjusted to clamping position, the inserted leaf will be suitably engaged with said supporting posts.

6. A temporary binder for an assemblage of record leaves which have been removed, with their supporting ports, from a looseleaf binder, comprising a base, cover-supporting members slidably adjustable upon the said base toward and from each other, covers hingedly connected with the said cover-supporting members, means operable to relatively adjust the said members to position clamping the assemblage and to position spaced from the opposite sides of the assemblage, whereby, in the latter instance, to permit of removal of a blank leaf from one side of the assemblage and the placement of a written leaf at the other side of the assemblage, and means for maintaining the said covers in an upright substantially parallel position independent of the adjustment of the said cover-supporting members, the means comprising locking levers mounted upon the outer sides of the covers and having engaging hook portions for coaction with the respective cover-supporting members.

'7. A temporary binder for an assemblage of record leaves which have been removed, with their supporting posts, from a looseleaf binder, comprising a base, cover-supporting members slidably adjustable upon the said base toward and from each other, covers hingedly connected with the said cover-supporting members, means operable to relatively adjust the members to position clamping the assemblage and to position spaced from the opposite sides of the assemblage, whereby, in the latter instance, to permit of removal of a blank leaf from one side of the assemblage and the placement of a written leaf at the other side of the assemblage, and means for maintaining the said covers in an upright substantially parallel position independent of the adjustment of the said cover-supporting members, the means comprising locking levers mounted upon the outer sides of the covers and having engaging hook portions for coaction with the respective cover-supporting members, the said base being hollow and having slots in its upper side to permit of entrance of the locking portions of the said locking levers into the said base upon swinging of binder, comprising a supporting base of hol-v low construction, cover-supporting members mounted upon the said base and adjustable toward and from each other, covers supported by the said members, and means operable to adjust the said members comprising rack bars connected with the members and extending in parallelism within the said base, a shaft rotatably mounted within the base, means for rotating the shaft, a

J pinion upon the shaft meshing with the said rack bars, a second pinion fixed upon the shaft, and a detent having a tooth portion for eoaction with the latter pinion and provided with a cam portion, the means for rotating the said shaft comprising an oper ating crank having a head to fit the end of the shaft, the said head being ext'eriorly of tapered form for coaction with the cam portion of the detent to disengage the toothed portion of the detent from the said latter pinion when the said head of the crank handle is fitted to the said end of the shaft.

9. A temporary binder for an assemblage of record leaves removed from a loose-leaf binder, comprlsmg a supporting base of hollow construction, cover-supporting members mounted upon the said base and adjustable toward and from each other, covers supported, by the said members, and means 1; operable to adjust the said members comprising rack bars connected with the members and extending in parallelism within the said base, a shaft rot-atably mounted within the base, means for rotating the shaft, a pinion upon the shaft meshing with the said rack bars, a second pinion fixed upon the shaft, a detent having a tooth portion for coaction with the latter pinion and provided with a cam portion, the means for rotating the said shaft comprising an operating crank having a head to fit the end of the shaft, the said head being exteriorly of tapered form for coaction with the cam portion of the detent to disengage the toothed portion of the detent from the said latter pinion when the said head of the crank handle is fitted to the.

said end of the shaft, and means for coaction with the head of the crank handle to restrain the handle against accidental displacement with relation to the end of the shaft when the said crank handle has assumed a position in which the head is rendered inactive.

10. A temporary binder for an assemblage of record leaves which have been removed, with their supporting posts, from a loose leaf binder, comprising a base having a supporting portion for the said assemblage of record leaves, relatively separable cover sup porting members mounted upon the base and having opposed channeled sides to freely accommodate the ends of'the said posts,

the said cover supporting members being mounted upon the base at opposite sides of the said supporting portion thereof, covers supported by the said cover supporting members, and means operable to relatively adjust the said members upon the base in position clamping the assemblage of leaves and to position spaced from the opposite sides of the assemblage and clearing the ends of the posts, whereby, in the latter instance, to permit of removal of ablank leaf from one side of the assemblage and the placement of a written leaf at the other side of the assemblage.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOHN s. LAGEY. [n s] 

